Nokia 9000 Communicator#9110

{{Short description|Mobile phone model}}

{{Infobox Mobile phone

| name = Nokia 9000/9000i Communicator

| image = Nokia9000.png

| imagesize = 150

| caption =

| manufacturer = Nokia

| carrier =

| available = Discontinued

| discontinued =

| screen = Monochrome partly-graphic LCD

| exterior_screen =

| camera =

| 2nd_camera =

| operatingsystem = GEOS (on the PDA side)

| input =

| cpu = AMD Élan SC450

| ringtone =

| memory = No

| memory_card = No

| storage =

| networks = GSM-900

| connectivity =

| battery =

| size = {{cvt|173|×|64|×|38|mm}}

| weight = {{cvt|397|g}}

| form =

| music =

| predecessor = Nokia 2170 (9000/9000i)

| successor = Nokia 9210 Communicator (9110)
Nokia 9210i Communicator (9110i)

| related =

| other =

}}

File:Nokia-9110-9000.jpg

The Nokia 9000 Communicator mobile device is the first product in Nokia's Communicator series, announced at CeBIT 1996 and introduced into the market on five months later, 15 August 1996.{{cite press release |author= |title=First GSM-based communicator product hits the market Nokia Starts Sales of the Nokia 9000 Communicator |url=http://company.nokia.com/en/news/press-releases/1996/08/15/first-gsm-based-communicator-product-hits-the-market-nokia-starts-sales-of-the-nokia-9000-communicator |website=Nokia |date=15 August 1996 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603191142/http://company.nokia.com/en/news/press-releases/1996/08/15/first-gsm-based-communicator-product-hits-the-market-nokia-starts-sales-of-the-nokia-9000-communicator |archive-date=3 June 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=1 October 2019}} It is powered by an AMD Elan 24 MHz Intel i386 CPU,{{cite press release |title=Nokia Unveils World's First All-In-One Communicator For The Americas |date=19 September 1996 |url=http://press.nokia.com/1996/09/19/nokia-unveils-world%C2%92s-first-all-in-one-communicator-for-the-americas/ |access-date=1 October 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031013345/http://press.nokia.com/1996/09/19/nokia-unveils-world%C2%92s-first-all-in-one-communicator-for-the-americas/ |archive-date=31 October 2013 |author= |website=Nokia}} with 8 MB of memory, divided between applications (4 MB), program memory (2 MB) and user data (2 MB),{{cite web |author= |date=13 October 2007 |title=Nokia 9000 Communicator {{!}} Device Specs |url=http://phonedb.net/index.php?m=device&id=879&c=nokia_9000_communicator |access-date=1 October 2019 |website=PhoneDB}} running PEN/GEOS 3.0.

The Communicator, with its digital GSM cellular telephone, was one of the earliest smartphones on the market,[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Vor-20-Jahren-Die-Smartphone-Aera-beginnt-mit-grossem-Communicator-3294399.html Vor 20 Jahren: Die Smartphone-Ära beginnt mit großem Communicator], heise.de (German) after the IBM Simon in 1994 and the HP OmniGo 700LX, a DOS-based palmtop PC with integrated cradle for the Nokia 2110 cellular mobile phone, announced in late 1995 and shipped in March 1996.{{cite web|url=http://www.palmtoppaper.com/ptphtml/24/pt240021.htm|title=HP's OmniGo 700LX Communicator Plus|website=www.palmtoppaper.com}}

The Communicator was highly advanced at the time, featuring sending and receiving e-mail and fax via its CSD (Circuit Switched Data) modem, to transmit data over the GSM network at a bitrate of 9.6 kbit/s,{{Cite web |last=Brombach |first=Harald |date=2021-08-06 |title=For 25 år siden brakte Nokia 9000 internett til mobilen |url=https://www.digi.no/artikler/for-25-ar-siden-brakte-nokia-9000-internett-til-mobilen/512253 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=Digi.no |language=no}} printing documents using its IrDA port, and it also had a web browser and business programs.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIClo30yWO4C&q=nokia+9000+i386&pg=PT44 |title = ASP.Net MVC 4 Mobile App Development|isbn = 9781849687379|last1 = Meadows|first1 = Andy|date = January 2013| publisher=Packt Publishing }} It is formed of a clamshell design that opens up to reveal a monochrome LCD with a 640 × 200 resolution and a full QWERTY keyboard similar to a Psion PDA, and weighing {{convert|397|g|oz}}. It was priced £1,000 in the UK upon launch ({{Inflation|UK|1000|1996|r=-2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}).